Originally Posted by
Rodney
Very nice CD! I haven't checked the weather anywhere in ages. If there is ice storms on the way I hope you and your family stay safe and warm.
Rodney
Thank you. We may get an ice storm Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Depending on the temperature, it could happen or not, and that’s what inspired me to write the poem today. Thanks for the well-wishes. We’ve been through these before and are as prepared as possible. I used to have to go out and repair power lines in ice storms. I don’t miss that one bit, and will be content to stay home and sew.
Originally Posted by
sews
Tried out my treadle and played a few old records on the hand crank Edison when we lost power a couple of months ago.
Great poem, Mr CD !
Thank you. We played my Maternal Grandma’s old wind-up phonograph the last time that we had an outage here too. An instrumental of “Little Brown Jug” was my favorite.
Originally Posted by
ThayerRags
I Learned About Sewing
CD in Oklahoma
I wrote this poem and the one before it today in just a few hours. The first one is about real hazards that may come this week, and the second one is part fiction from a period in my life when my Maternal Grandmother lived with our family for a couple of years. She eventually went to a Nursing Home to share a room with another person. I remember her 90th birthday celebration that she had at her apartment, so she was past 90 before going into the home. She took her treadle sewing machine with her as the only furniture not furnished by the home. She sewed for home residents for several years in her room, but I don’t know whatever happened to her treadle sewing machine.
Any other prose or poetry about vintage sewing machines is encouraged in this thread. There have been several of us that have shared limericks, poetry, and prose about sewing throughout Quilting Board threads, so I decided to start a thread to help get them all in one place. Share if you want.
CD in Oklahoma